Acceptace rate for those who apply?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I know there aren't concrete statistics, but what is the matriculation rate for pre-med students for those who actually apply to med school? For top 20 schools?</p>

<p>Any guesses?</p>

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<p>42,315 applicants for 17,759 spots. 41.9%.</p>

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<p>No, for top 20 undergrad schools</p>

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<p>Using the med school spreadsheet to simulate for an average matriculating applicant (3.66/32), one would expect a 9.1% chance at one of those schools if you applied to all 20 “top 20” schools. (This is probably inflated due to the assumption of random chance; the actual value is probably lower.)</p>

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<p>no, i mean you are currently in a top 20 undergraduate college</p>

<p>for example, berkeley has like a 60% matriculation rate to a med school</p>

<p>i was wondering what the average was for the undergraduate to med school for schools like berkeley or northwestern.</p>

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<p>Offhandedly I’d guess it’s around 75% or so.</p>

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<p>Similar to what it would be anywhere else assuming the same MCAT & GPA scores. The school name does very little to help you beyond any opportunities you may take advantage of while there and the fact that many of these schools are highly grade-inflated (so it’s easier to get that high GPA once you’re in). Basically, your chances are similar to anyone else’s who is of a similar caliber of student. Yale-capable students who attended No-name State w/ a 3.9/36 are just as likely to get in as the Yale 3.9/36. High ranking schools have excellent percent acceptance rates largely b/c 1) they screen students out strongly prior to starting UG, 2) many have premed programs that screen most potential premeds out and deny them committee letters and/or discourage them from applying if not seen as fit to apply, and 3) weeder classes weed out most premeds.</p>

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<p>I really disagree with the screenings described in #2 and 3 from post #7. Generally though I think the post is reasonable.</p>

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<p>Based on conversations with med school advisors the overall med school acceptance rates at the most selective schools vary from ~60% to 70%. Typically, at selective schools any student from these schools with a B+ average and 30+ mcat score 80% to 90%chance of being admitted to at least one medical school. As is the case for undergraduate admissions rigor of program does help explain the outcome for medical school admissions. A student with a 3.4 GPA at HYPS, Amherst or Williams has a much better chance of getting into med school and a 3.4 GPA from UConn or UMass.</p>

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<p>These sound very low to me. HYP are in the 90s. Duke, Stanford, MIT are all above 70%; Duke is usually in the 80s but has had a rough couple of years. WUSTL is around the same as Duke. Even Brown usually gets a very good percentage.</p>

<p>The two outliers in this pool that I’m aware of are UC Berkeley (~50%) and Emory (similar).</p>

<p>Not that this number is all-important; it’s not. There’s a lot that it doesn’t control for.</p>

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<p>Rice also has over 90% but it is a smaller school.</p>